at 17 : 10 captain hood sent a distress call to air traffic control , informing them that he had lost the two starboard engines and was going to crash . " we ' re going in , " he radio ##ed . telling his passengers to brace for an emergency landing , he aimed for an open field of cotton in the w ##ham ##ira hills , in the bush to the west of ka ##roi , intending to belly land the craft . the landing was relatively stable until the hu ##nya ##ni hit a previously unseen ditch , cart ##wheel ##ed and exploded . the remaining fuel tanks ru ##pt ##ured and caught fire , setting the wrecked cabin ab ##laze . = = =
at 17 : 10 captain hood sent a distress call to air traffic control, informing them that he had lost the two starboard engines and was going to crash. " we're going in, " he radioed. telling his passengers to brace for an emergency landing, he aimed for an open field of cotton in the whamira hills, in the bush to the west of karoi, intending to belly land the craft. the landing was relatively stable until the hunyani hit a previously unseen ditch, cartwheeled and exploded. the remaining fuel tanks ruptured and caught fire, setting the wrecked cabin ablaze. = = =